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quatuor longis. Alae sat angustae ; anticae apud costam rectaB, apice 

 rotundatae, margine interiore subdenticulato mediocriter obliquo. 



Aporophylla, Guen, Ann, Soc. Ent. Fr. x. ; Noct. i. 151. 

 Xylina, p., JBoisd, 

 Agrotis, p., Curt, 

 Egira, p., Dup. 



Body stout. Proboscis moderately loDg. Palpi short, porrect, 

 not extending beyond the head ; third joint very minute. Antennas 

 simple, much more than half the length of the body. Abdomen ex- 

 tending very little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather slender ; 

 hind tibiae with four long spurs. Wings rather narrow. Fore wings 

 straight in front, rounded at the tips, moderately oblique, indis- 

 tinctly convex and slightly denticulate along the exterior border ; 

 first, second and third inferior veins approximate at the base; 

 fourth remote. 



1. Aporophyla australis. 



Cinerea; thorax disco obscuriore. linea transversa antica nigra ; 

 abdomen albicans ; ala anticce subcervino varia, lineolis, stri- 

 gulis lanceolatis exterioribus lunulisque marginalibus nigris ; 

 postica canescentes, linea margineque cinerascentibus. 



Hadena australis, JBoisd. Ind. Meth. 118, 920. 



Xylina australis, Ramb. Ann, Soc. Ent, Fr, i. 291, pi. 9, f. 8. 



Guen. Ann. Soc. Ent, Fr, vi. 246. Frey. Neu, Beit, Schmett. 



iii. 412, pi. 209, f. 4. 

 Xylina australis, Herr.-Schaff. Eur, Schmett, ii. 304, 377; ii 



Noct. *p\. 32, f. 159,160. 

 Agrotis pascuea, Curt. Brit. Ent, iii. 165. Westai, Sr H. Brit. 



Moths, i. 123, pi. 24, f. 2. 

 Aporophyla australis, Guen. Noct. i. 151, 240. 

 Egira australis, Dup. Hist, Nat. Lep. Fr, v. 391, pi. 35. 



South France. Corsica. 



a — d, England. From Mr. Stephens' collection. 

 e,f. England. From Mr. Turner's collection. 

 g, h. England. 

 i 9 j. Europe. From M. Becker's collection. 



2. Aporophyla scripttjra. 



Cinerea ; ala antica lineolis obscurioribus, litura discali flaves- 

 cente. Mas. — Alee antica strigis lanceolatis glaucescentibus ; 

 posticce alba. Fcem. — Ala antica linea transversa angulosa 

 glaucescente, fascia exteriore cervina ; postica albida fasco 

 marginata. 



